Dispensing machine



L. STEINER DISPENSING MACHINE Sept. 12, 1950 Filed May 16, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet Y 2 M mn R. 0 N T [W A m V- B Sept. 12, 1 950 L. STEINER 2,522,316

; I DISPENSING MACHINE Filed May 16, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. BY 02 123 J2 einez" 'Patentec l Sept. 12, 1950 Louis Sttimer;

llinois 1. This invention relates It is particularly directed to a, device for dispens '*ing a main article and also an auxiliaryarticle zeachttimea' main article isdispensed.

J'In'=machines1 for vending packages of cigarettes i thereiis usually; provided means for-dispensing eai packeti-of 'matches with each-cigarette;pacl;age dispensed. in prior; machines, the chutes or echamber-s--cntaining the packets of mate-heswege usually placed either behind or at one-rs ide ot @the cigarette chambers. 1:'.Difflculty has beenex- 2 perlenced in refilling or restocking such machines wv ide-Ein: a: machine-- ofit-he, character; described a dispensing pull bar beneath the columno cigarettes which when pulled back and i eleased will push thebottom1nost package of cigarettes ijear= ward-1y tope mi -t d o ow r es is nseject a packetofmatchesfmma match chamber disposediin'frcnt of the chamber for; the cigeret te wpackages; each time the-dispensing bar is polled aandgreleased. V

Stilla' further object of this inventionis to providein adispemmg machine of theeharacte gde- .scribed,;1a vertical chamber tovrecei e a; lnmn of cigarette packageaa vertical ha I be n;f ;ro nt of the-first chamber and containinga column of packets of matches, a ban sIidably um hnted beneath said-chamber; the. gonstrnctionbeing such ha wh the and muse i 16 lfiq mq maek i m che s. enea d y a 1d ;"-Said-':ba1,,. and the bottommost package goij cigairreites op h n the. bar ednwlee th lee g-released it is movedzrea r waz dly bv at-spring o: push? ou the ro packa e; idea 2, e and ;t o;. ni0vethe pack t of matches engaged by thes wlden 9 12 epackage column,-so that the next time thebar --isa u d 0t e-.-w9lse of n w a h packet of matches beneath the column of c gae i ettez. packages ill: dropbel ind the-{baifii be the charactecdescribed in- "ing;;;chaml:ver,- means being; further -provided-;to,-

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-,The invention accordingly consists in the ;ieatures of construction, combinations -of ele- -ments, and arl angernent of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter de- ;;s c ib ed, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims. 7

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Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-Sectional 'view taken on line 4 4.o f Fig/1; lig 5 is a View similar to Fig. 3, but showing no position of the "dispensing bar as it'zn'oves r'ea wardly after being pulled forwardly and Tele s a d .f Figfifiis' hides-sectional View taken on line e ect-Fig. 1,

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v lldi vention. The same comprises a casing ll having a fear wall i2, a bottom wall l3, and a front well '14. "The casing may have side walls at the sides thereof, only'a portionoi the casing being shown. .On'the bottom wall it is a curved guide wall IE to guide dispensed or ejected packages of ciga- Qifttfes l6 and'packets' of matches 11 down to a dispensing ch ambe la from which they may be femoi'zled b'y a purchaser. The front wall I4 is fom ed with anopeni ng 59 adjacent its lower end "th'folig'h which the pi'irchase'r' may insert his hand to'iemove articles from the dispensing chamber 7 Vith in the casing is a horizontal wall 2! Extending u-pwardly'from the wall 20, adjacent well iii, isa flange 2 l fcrmed' with a plurality of open= ings: 22; l loriaontal wall 20 is formed with a ph1= rainy of parallel slots 23 extending from front 'to' rear. Extendingdownwardly from the rear j'jrgldiof-i horiz'ontal'w'all is "a flange 26. Att'a'ched towall 28 is a sheet metal member 25 "'f'oi'rnin an operating chamber 25. Member 25 Lhasa verticalwall' zilcontacting flange 24, a i dly and forwardly inclined wall Zhjand rizbntal 'fwallifiii parallel to wall'QEi and dissed 'theiebelow,

, c amber Pas is' av'e'i'tical"wall: in dis- 1 34s a v wfslmil-ait Fig 1; but shewmg posed parallel and adjacent to the front wall [4 of the casing. Wall 30 extends up above flange 2| and is formed with openings 3| registering with the openings 22. The front wall 14 is formed with openings 32 registering with openings 3|.

Mounted on the horizontal wall 20 are a plurality of vertical chutes or chambers 35 containing columns of cigarette packages I6 or other main articles to be dispensed. The chutes 35 are parallel to one another and parallel to the front wall of the casing i i. Each one is centered with respect to one of the slots 23. comprises parallel side walls 36 and a rear wall Each chute 3 7 31. Extending inwardly from the forward ends of side walls 36 are flanges 38 extending toward each other. The flanges 38 are spaced from one another leaving a longitudinal slot 39 at the front of the chute 35 to facilitate restocking of said chute.

Attached to each rear chute 35 is a front chute 4i) for the packets of matches i1. Each chute 4D is disposed in front of and in alignment with a rear chute and comprises side walls 4! which extend from the shoulders 38. The side walls M are formed with inwardly extending front flanges 42 forming a longitudinal slot therebetween to facilitate restocking the chute 4!) with packets of matches.

It will be noted that the lower end of rear wall ii! terminates above bottom wall by a distance somewhat greater than the thickness of the packet it so that a package at the bottom'of the chute may be pushed rearwardly out of said chute. Also the shoulders or flanges 38 terminate at their lower ends above wall 20.

Slidably mounted beneath each pair of chutes 35, it is a dispensing bar 50. Each dispensing bar 5% is slidably mounted on the bottom wall 20 and is centered with respect to a pair of complementary chutes 35, 453. Each bar comprises a block 5| and a hook 52 extending downwardly therefrom and projecting through one of the slots 23. Extending forwardly from block 5! is a bar 53 which passes through the registering openings 22, (ii, 32. The forward end of each bar 53 has a downwardly extending hook or handle 54 which may be grasped by a purchaser for pulling the bar forwardly.

Any suitable means, not shown, may be provided to prevent pulling of a bar unless proper coins are inserted into the machine.

Means is provided furthermore to return the bar or retract the same rearwardly, after the bar has been pulled forwardly and released. To this end, there is rotatably mounted within the operating chamber 26, a horizontal bar 60. At-

tached to the ends of the bar 68 are arms iii in- 'of' cigarettes are used for illustrative purposes,

since any main article and auxiliary article may be substituted. 1'5

Hinged between the flanges 38 and above the lower end of'said flanges, as on a horizontal pivot pin 80 carried by said flanges, is a gate 8|. The gate 8! is swung in a clockwise direction when the bar 50 is retracted as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. When the bar is pulled, the gate 8| prevents the packet of matches from being pulled back into the match chute.

Each bar 50 may be provided at one side thereof with a straight ratchet 80a. Pivoted alongside each chute 40, as at Ma, is a spring pressed pawl 82 adapted to engage said ratchet. The pawl and ratchet insure against pushing the bar rearwardly unless it is fully retracted to a point where the pawl 82 is by-passed by the ratchet.

Any number of pairs of chutes 35, 40 may be provided in the machine.

In front of and between each pair of chutes 4|) is a vertical cylindrical container 83 adapted to contain pennies. Means, not shown in this application, but

"described fully in my co-pending application filed on the 16th day of May, 1946, l which matured as Patent No. 2,457,187, December '28. 1948, is provided to dispense one or more pennies in change each time articles are dispensed from the chute 35.

a It will thus be seen that there is provided a.

device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the ac,- companying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A dispensing machine for simultaneously dispensing a main article and an auxiliary article, comprising a casing, a storage chute therein for the main articles, a second storage chute therein for the auxiliary articles, means providing a discharge passageway beneath said chutes, and an ejector reciprocably mounted in said passageway and having a pushing surface arranged to position is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. At

the same time, the column of cigarettes drops so that the lowermost package drops behind the bar. When the pusher bar 50 is released, it is retracted and pushes out a package of cigarettes at the same time bringing a packet of matches beneath the remaining column of cigarettes. Such engage the lowermost of the main artlclesin said first-mentioned chute and to discharge the same through said passageway upon a dispensing stroke of the ejector, said ejector having a shoulder thereon arranged to engage the lowermost of the auxiliary articles in said secondmentionecl chute and to carry the same into the first-mentioned chute beneath and in contact with the main article next above the one being dispensed from such chute upon such dispensingstroke of the ejector, said shoulder being movable away from saidauxiliaryarticle upon the return stroke of said ejector, thus leaving such auxiliary article in said first-mentioned chute beneath the then lowermost main article therein, whereby upon the next dispensing stroke of the ejector both said auxiliary article and said lowermost main article will be discharged from the machine by contact of said pushing surface on such ejector.

2. A dispensing machine for simultaneously dispensing a main article and an auxiliary article, comprising a casing, a storage chute therein for the main articles, a second storage chute therein for the auxiliary articles, means providing a discharge passageway beneath said chutes, an ejector reciprocably mounted in said passageway and having a pushing surface arranged to engage the lowermost of the main articles in said firstmentioned chute and to discharge the same through said passageway upon a dispensing stroke of the ejector, said ejector having a shoulder thereon arranged to engage the lowermost of the auxiliary articles in said secondmentioned chute and to carry the same into the first-mentioned chute beneath and in contact with the main article next above the one being dispensed from such chute upon such dispensing stroke of the ejector, said shoulder being movable away from said auxiliary article upon the return stroke of said ejector, thus leaving such auxiliary article in said first-mentioned chute beneath the then lowermost main article therein, whereby upon the next dispensing stroke of the ejector both said auxiliary article and said lowermost main article will be discharged from the machine by contact of said pushing surface on such ejector, and a device positioned and arranged to obstruct possible return movement of such auxiliary article to said second chute upon the return stroke of said ejector.

3. A dispensing machine for simultaneously dispensing a main article and an auxiliary article, comprising a casing, a storage chute therein. for the main articles, a second storage chute therein for the auxiliary articles, means providing a discharge passageway beneath said chutes, an ejector reciprocably mounted in said passageway and having a pushing surface arranged to engage the lowermost of the main articles in said firstmentioned chute and to discharge the same through said passageway upon a dispensing stroke of the ejector, said ejector having a shoulder thereon arranged to engage the lowermost of the auxiliary articles in said second-mentioned chute and to carry the same into the first-mentioned chute beneath the main article next above the one being dispensed from such chute upon such dispensing stroke of the ejector, said shoulder being movable away from said auxiliary article upon the return stroke of said ejector, thus leaving such auxiliary article in said first-mentioned chute beneath the then lowermost main article therein, whereby upon the next dispensing stroke of the ejector both said auxiliary article and said lowermost main article will be dis charged from the machine by contact, of said pushing surface on such ejector, and a pivoted member movable into position upon the return stroke of said ejector to obstruct possible return movement of said auxiliary article to said second chute.

comprising a casing, a storage chute therein for the main articles, a second storage chute therein for the auxiliary articles positioned in front of said first chute with relation to the front side of the machine, means providing a discharge passageway beneath said chutes, and an ejector reciprocably mounted in said passageway and having a pushing surface arranged to engage the lowermost of the main articles in said first-mentioned chute and to discharge the same through said passageway upon a dispensing stroke of the ejector, said ejector having a shoulder thereon arranged to engage the lowermost of the auxiliary articles in said second-mentioned chute and to carry the same into the first-mentioned chute beneath and in contact with the main article next above the one being dispensed from such chute upon such dispensing stroke of the ejector. said shoulder being movable away from said auxiliary article upon the return stroke of said ejector, thus leaving such auxiliary article in said first-mentioned chute beneath the then lowermost main article therein, whereby upon the next dispensing stroke of the ejector both said auxiliary article and said lowermost main article will be discharged from the machine by contact of said pushing surface on such ejector.

5. A dispensing machine for simultaneously dispensing a main article and an auxiliary article, comprising a casin a storage chute therein for the main articles, .a second storage chute therein for the auxiliary articles, means providing a discharge passageway beneath said chutes, an ejector reciprocably mounted in said passageway and having a pushing surface'arrangedto engage the lowermost of the main articles in said first-mentioned chute and to discharge the same through said passageway upon a dispensing stroke of the ejector, said ejector having a, shoulder thereon arranged to engage the lowermost of the auxiliary articles in said second-mentioned chute and to carry the same into the first-mentioned chute beneath the main article next above the one being dispensed from such chute, upon said dispensing stroke of the ejector, said shoulder being movable away from said auxiliary article upon the return stroke of said ejector, thus leaving such auxiliary article in said first-mentioned chute beneath the then lowermost main article 4. A dispensing machine for simultaneously LOUIS STEINER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,898,192 Larsen Feb. 21, 1933 1,938,815 Du Grenier Dec. 12, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 339,764 France Apr. 26, 1904 

